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Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) have completed their 2024 budget process. It comes in at over $37 million with member municipalities contributing $13.3 million representing 36 per cent of the total budget, an increase of 2.5 per cent from last year. …
Read More »Winnipeg grapples with sewage spill into Red River, urges water conservation amid repairs – Winnipeg
The City of Winnipeg continues to grapple with sewage spilling into the Red River and it is urging water conservation amid repairs. Since the failure of two sewer pipes in the city’s south end in early February, millions of litres of raw sewage has spilled into the Red River near …
Read More »Zebra mussels found in Manitoba’s Clear Lake despite conservation efforts – Winnipeg
Although strict measures were put in place this summer to keep zebra mussels out of Manitoba’s Clear Lake, the invasive species has found its way into Riding Mountain National Park regardless. Dameon Wall of Parks Canada told 680 CJOB’s The Start that water samples from the lake’s main launching area, Boat …
Read More »Land-based learning: conservation group partners with Manitoba Anishinaabe – Winnipeg
A nature reserve on the banks of the Assiniboine River near Brandon, Man. will soon be a site for conservation, learning and healing. Wabano Aki, which means tomorrow’s land in Anishinaabe, will be used for agriculture, conservation, cultural and spiritual purposes by Indigenous communities in partnership with the Nature Conservancy …
Read More »Two Manitoba outfitters lose licences in conservation probe sparked by black bear hunting – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two Manitoba businesses have had their outfitting licences pulled by the province after a long investigation by the Conservation Officer Service. The province said Thursday that the probe, which involved Manitoba conservation officials, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife department, and Environment and …
Read More »‘Loved to death’: Balancing recreation and conservation in Alberta’s mountain parks
The number of annual visitors to Alberta’s parks has been steadily rising, sparking a question of how to balance the desire for recreation with environmental concerns. “Places like Banff National Park and Waterton are being loved to death,” said Jody Hilty, president of Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative. The number …
Read More »COP15: Biodiversity conference opens in Montreal with focus on conservation targets
A major international conference on preserving the world’s biodiversity is to open Tuesday with speakers including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. COP15 in Montreal brings together 196 countries to refresh the Convention on Biological Diversity and is seen as a crucial attempt to reach a …
Read More »Ford’s housing bill limits protection of watersheds, greenspaces, conservation authorities warn
Ontario’s conservation authorities are raising concerns about the potential risks of rolling back their involvement in how and where homes are built across the province. Conservation Ontario, which represents the 36 conservation authorities, says Premier Doug Ford’s new bill to speed up housing development could have “unintended consequences” and is …
Read More »B.C. judge lambastes conservation group for using protesters as ‘cannon fodder’
A B.C. provincial court judge has accused a conservation group of using frontline protesters as “sacrificial lambs” to mount illegal traffic blockades aimed at drawing attention to their climate change agenda by stirring up chaos. In a searing decision, Judge Laura Bakan gave a conditional sentence to a 30-year-old who took part earlier this year in …
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